Packing



Feb. 23, 1937. v G. A. FINLAYSON PACKING Filed July 21, 1936 ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 23, 1937 2,071,825

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PACKING George A. Finlayson, West Springfleld, Mass. Application July 21, 1936, Serial No. 91,687 1 Claim. (Cl. 286-31) This invention relates to improvements in reciprocating member 2 to receive the packing stufiing boxes and is directed more particularly l4 and a packing gland. In the illustration 8 to improvements in means for retaining the represents a l n he w r p r i n of which packing in stuffing boxes. is receivable in the packing bore.

The principal objects of this invention are At It) is represented the head of the gland and directed to the provision in a stufling box of bolts, such as l2, are arranged to force the means to-preventthe packings from being forced and dow w d y i e socket 6 to squeeze outwardly therefrom, and press on the packing. In the ordinary In connection with stuffing boxes which are e t e packin i of fibr us material and is used with all kinds of reciprocating members, often treated with various substances.

such as rams or piston rods, due to the action Usually the gland 8 is forced downwardly onto of the reciprocating member and the pressures, the packing but, as is well known, the gland there is a tendency for the packing to be dis- Wears due to the reciprocation of the reciproplaced. This results in leaks so that thestumng eating m m 2 nd h packing ma erial soon boxes consequently require repacking frequently finds its way past the gland wher f r q n and the difiiculty increases as the pressure inrep okings are usually necessary in connection creases, with engines, hydraulic apparatus and the like According to this invention means is provided or W v it i necessary to p k a ipr atin the form of a. retainer which is adapted to ing member. be disposed on top of the packing and this 113- According to this invention there is provided tainer is characterized by its ability to contract a retaining member W h i pr f ry1e1d ably formed of metal.. This is arranged to fit That is to say, as the retainer wears due to Within the pac n e 6 d t s p vid d the reciprocation of the reciprocating part which Wi an n r rela ively thin lip or wall It it surrounds, it contracts due, to the pressure W h s rr n s the re iprocating part 2. to which ,it is subjected so that it snugly fits This lip l8 may be provi by r vin the the reciprocating part at all times so there is ring as shown or in s e t r way. By no space between it and the reciprocating part. making the D relatively n, i Will bev n, A space soon develops between the stufiing box it is relatively yieldable inwardly or contractgland and the reciprocating part through which ible and adapted to snugly embrace the memthe packing find its way but th ea f thi her 2. In this way the possibility of there being invention fits the spindle in such a way that a space r h Wh h the packing may pass is there is no space. v c m Various other novel features and advantages As the gland i Screwed d wnwardly so as to 35 of the invention will be hereinafter more fully b a on' n it a force t t the packreferred to in connection with the accompanying I 4, the clampin ac s s the packin ing description of the preferred form thereof, to ur e the lip inwardly. As the ring becomes reference being had to the drawing wherein: worn due to the reciprocation of the reciprocat- Fig. 1 is a sectional elevational view through 1 1% m m the gland m be Screwed wn o 40 a typical 'stufiing box having the novel features exert still more pressure so that the lip contracts or the invention associated therewith; and or is urged inwardly to mor nu mbrace Figs. 2 and 3 are small scale inverted plan he reciprocating mem er n y mi the views to explain certain features of the invenre iprocatin m r to r ely reciprocate non through the ring. Since the ring snugly em- Referring now to the drawing more in detail, braces the reciprocating member, there is no the invention will be fully described. space between it and the member 2 wherefore It may be here stated that the invention is the packing does not-work its way between th adapted for broad application, and in connecring and the reciprocating member as is usual 'tion with all sorts of reciprocating members such with the ordinary reciprocating member and as piston rods, pistons, rams, or the like. To gland construction.

explain the invention there is represented at 2 The lip does not need to contract to any great a, reciprocating member. This may be a piston extent since the wear on the ring will not be too rod, ram, or the like and a cylinder head is great but, at all times, the pressure obtained represented by 4. in the packing bore or the pressure exerted by It is usual to provide a bore 6 around the the gland will cause the packing to act on the lip so that it will snugly embrace the reciprocating member.

Piston rods, plungers, or rams, of course, vary in diameter within very wide limits and the rings may be made to accommodate them. Accordingly, in some cases it may be desirable to provide a retaining ring which is in sections.

To that end the ring may be cut in several places such as on the lines 0 in Fig. 2; This will facilitate the easy and ready handling and assembling. of the parts where the ring is of large diameter. Otherwise, as in Fig. 3 it may be' desired to provide the lips with a plurality of up and down cuts s, as shown in Fig. 3, which tend to enhance the flexibility of the lips.

I have found in connection with apparatus where several thousand pounds of pressure per square inch is employed that the packing is preserved over a period of at least two years by the use of the invention where heretofore it was necessary to repack the stuffing box every two or three weeks. According to the invention the ring is made so that it is contractible or is yieldable inwardly. This is facilitated by providing a section such as the lip which embraces the reciprocating member and is relatively thin so as to be adapted to be urged inwardly when pressure is applied thereto either by means of the gland or by pressure passing upwardly past the reciprocating men" r into the packing bore.

It may be desir in some cases to locate the ring l6 at the lower part or the packing bore as when it is used in connection with a vacuum pump or the like.

While I have described the invention in great detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereto since many changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent 01 the' United States is:

The combination of a reciprocable member and a stuffing box therefor comprising, a part surrounding the reciprocable member providedwith an enlarged bore having a bottom, yieldable packing in the bore, a gland in the upper part' of the bore, means for moving said gland downwardly, and a ring member below said gland having an upper wall and outer and inner walls providing a space therebetween in which said yieldable packing is received, the outer wall being disposed against the wall of the bore and oi. less length than the inner wall and the inner wall embracing said reciprocable member and being relatively thinner than the outer wall and yield- 25 able inwardly against the reciprocable plunger, the said inner wall being provided with cuts extending upwardly from its lower edge and the outer side thereof at tapered.

GEORGE A. FINLAYSON.

said lower edge being a 

